Carolina de Haas-Polak

Carolina Polak was a daughter of Simon Polak and Bettje van Rhijn, a family with in total nine children. One child died in infancy, only 1 year old and one child has survived the Holocaust. All other children, namely Salomo, Philip, Hartog, Harmannus, Bertha, Anna and Carolina self, have been killed in the Shoah. Both her parents died before the war.

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Lion de Haas was married to Carolina Polak. The couple had a son, Simon Bertus de Haas. The family lived at 26 Kerkstraat in Wierden, where Lion de Haas owned a small oil and grease factory. The family members went into hiding in Wierden and later in Borne. They were caught by coincidence on 19 February 1944 and deported to Auschwitz via Westerbork.
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